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[email protected] February 18, 2010 Submitted via regulations.gov Mr. Stanford McCoy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation Office of the U.S. Trade Representative 600 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20508 Re: Special 301: Comments regarding the Identification of Countries Under Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974: Request for Public Comment (“Special 301”), and Request to Testify at the Public Hearing, 75 Fed. Reg. 2578 (January 15, 2010) Dear Mr. McCoy: The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) submits this response to the Federal Register notice which invites “written submissions from the public concerning foreign countries’ acts, policies or practices that are relevant to the decision whether a particular trading partner should be identified under Section 182 of the Trade Act [of 1974].” That section of the Trade Act is more commonly referred to as “Special 301,” and involves the process, led by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, of identifying countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights or deny fair and equitable market access to U.S.